Regular viewers of Married at First Sight will be familiar with the heavy profanity used by cast members on the show.
But on Tuesday, Nine chose to air 10 F-words in a row – with none of the usual censorship.
Groom Scott McCristal was shown video of his bride Gia Fleur meeting her ‘alternate match’…a male candidate supposedly recommended by the show’s experts. Watching the flirting, though, was too much for McCristal.
“I’m f***ing torn apart. I just got f***ed. I just got f***ed for three months. I just got f***ed,” he cried – with no ‘bleeping’.
“She just used me. She used my money. She used my life and she f***ed me. She f***ed me up. Holy f***!
“I’m done, I’m done, I’m done! I just want to run away. I’m done. I just want to go home and live my life!
“I don’t give a f*** anymore. She just broke my heart completely.
“Holy f***. She just f***ed me up. She just ruined me.
“And this happens to me with everyone. They just use me. They use me. The more money I make the more used I get because I give so much to them. I give people so much and they just use me because they know I’m too easy to win.
“I’m never gonna let this happen again.”
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10 F-words in a row on MAFS
TV Tonight reports that Nine intentionally aired the scene uncensored.
“Nine and Endemol Shine Australia felt it showed his raw emotion and conveyed his storyline better uncensored.
“In its 7:30pm slot the show was classified as M, recommended for viewing only by persons aged 15 years or over. Coarse language is permitted but aggressive or strong coarse language should be infrequent overall. Impact must be moderate and all elements must be justified by context.”
But earlier in the show, the F-word was censored multiple times. TV Tonight says that was to keep the overall profanity-count for the episode down, and “because Nine prefers the show to maintain broad appeal. Scott’s meltdown was at the end of the episode, meaning there was less likelihood of audience outrage than if it occurred closer to 7:30pm.”
That way, Nine was able to retain the M Classification for the episode at the time.
Yesterday a Nine spokesperson said, “In reference to last night’s episode, it met the M classification along with the consumer advice coarse language.”
A spokesperson on Thursday morning told Mediaweek:
“In reference to the episode, it met the M classification along with the consumer advice coarse language.”
Top Image: Scott loses it on MAFS. Image: Instagram